CVE-2011-2649 Command injection in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in Kiwi library functions, affecting SUSE Studio users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
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Attackable
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Victim action needed
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Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-2649?

CVE-2011-2649 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Aug 2011.

Official description

Kiwi before 3.74.2, as used in SUSE Studio 1.1 before 1.1.4, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an unspecified FileUtils function call.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2649?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Marcus Schafer Kiwi, Novell Suse Studio Onsite.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2649?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-2649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2011-2649 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2649 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mw98-cjvm-vp82.

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